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Dan Connell is Co-Head of Real Assets and Sustainability for CF Private Equity. His primary responsibilities include due diligence, investment selection, portfolio construction, monitoring, and fundraising for the firm’s real assets and sustainability programs, which include mandates surrounding natural resources and environmental sustainability that are constructed with co-investments, secondaries, direct operating platforms and primaries. Prior to joining CF Private Equity, he worked as a principal investor on energy infrastructure with GE Capital’s Energy Financial Services, where he focused on both project finance debt and international equity. Before his time with GE Capital, Dan worked in commercial development for Atlantic Power and served as an Intelligence Officer in the US Navy. He has a B.A. from Seton Hall University, an M.P.A. from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and an M.B.A. from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. 

Ethan Levine is Head of Secondaries, Co-Head of Real Assets and Sustainability, a member of the Investment Committee and Senior Executive Group of CF Private Equity. His primary responsibilities include overseeing the origination, evaluation, structuring, and negotiation of secondaries transactions as well as the portfolio construction, monitoring, and fundraising of the firm’s secondary funds. Additionally, his responsibilities include due diligence, investment selection, portfolio construction, monitoring, and fundraising for the firm’s real assets and sustainability programs. Ethan originally joined CF Private Equity through CFPE’s Associate Program in 2007 as a Senior Analyst. Prior to CFPE, Ethan specialized in energy markets at Charles River Associates in Boston, M.A. While at business school, Ethan worked at Rockland Capital in The Woodlands, TX, where he conducted due diligence on asset acquisitions and managed portfolio investments. He is a member of the advisory boards of several private equity limited partnerships. He is also Treasurer of the Board for Hillel at Dartmouth College and the Vice President of Finance and a member of the Executive Board of Temple Sholom. Ethan received a B.A., B.E. and an M.E.M. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Branden Elkins is a member of the Real Assets and Sustainability team at CF Private Equity. He is responsible for investments across energy, power, food, agriculture, and resource efficiency. Prior to joining CF Private Equity, he worked as a management consultant at PwC in the Power & Utilities Advisory practice. While in business school, Branden worked at Earth Foundry, a cleantech-focused venture capital firm, and Wave Equity Partners, a sustainability-focused growth equity firm. Branden earned an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.

Sarah Kirshy is a member of the Real Assets and Sustainability team at CF Private Equity. She is responsible for overseeing, managing and monitoring the ESG considerations across the firm’s Real Assets and Sustainability programs. Prior to joining CF Private Equity, Sarah was a Senior ESG Consultant at ERM: Environmental Resources Management. At ERM she primarily focused on driving sustainability strategies for private equity clients. Sarah holds a BA from Binghamton University in Politics & Law, and a Sustainability Finance Professional Certification from Columbia University.

Anthony Hughes is a member of the Real Assets and Sustainability team of CF Private Equity and is responsible for investments across energy, agriculture, and resource efficiency. Prior to joining CF Private Equity, he served as an Aerographer’s Mate in the U.S. Navy. Anthony earned a B.A. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University.

Dhruv Jindal is a member of the Real Assets and Sustainability team at CF Private Equity. He is responsible for investments across natural resources and environmental sustainability. Prior to joining the firm, he held internships with Shell’s Crude Lease Desk and Suncor’s Oil Sands FP&A Team. Dhruv earned a B.Com in Finance with Distinction from the University of Calgary.

Emma Markus is a member of the Real Assets and Sustainability team of CF Private Equity and is responsible for economic research and analysis across energy, agriculture, and resource efficiency. She previously worked as a Real Assets and Sustainability Summer Analyst at CF Private Equity. Emma earned a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Tufts University.

Lauren Vergos is a member of the Real Assets and Sustainability team of CF Private Equity and is responsible for economic research and analysis across energy, agriculture, and resource efficiency. She previously worked as a Real Assets and Sustainability Summer Analyst at CF Private Equity. Lauren earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Cornell University.